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for president obama, here's a short must-do list for the two weeks ahead. number one project what he's done into the positive future. ramp up that positive message. obama backs the middle-class. romney can't wait to help the rich. in monday night's debate especially on the issue of libya. and here's a list for romney, keep asking voters are you better off? present yourself as a strong fixer of voters' economic troubles. and look like a commander in chief. this is a tightened race and romney may be the one on offense right now. >> he has to be because he's still a little bit behind in the key states. his job is fairly simple. 16 days tops. he's got to keep the focus on his economic message of lower taxes for everyone whether that's possible or not the long run. he's got to show on foreign policy that you keep the boat in the channel that's a minimum requirement of doing the job. the third thing is, he's got about $150 million to spend. they have to spend it carefully and weijsly in about eight to nine states. and if they do that he could make it close -- >>
for president obama, here's a short must-do list for the two weeks ahead. number one project what he's done into the positive future. ramp up that positive message. obama backs the middle-class. romney can't wait to help the rich. in monday night's debate especially on the issue of libya. and here's a list for romney, keep asking voters are you better off? present yourself as a strong fixer of voters' economic troubles. and look like a commander in chief. this is a tightened race and romney may...
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this week romney again said obama has failed as president. this week's big question -- for whom is it more dangerous to go totally negative? >> they're both doing it. chris: who is going to look worse doing it? >> i think it's not going to matter. chris: a wash? >> i agree. maybe a slighter bigger risk for obama because romney we've seen going negative already in the primary. it's worse for obama. i think he would be shooting down. chris: that's a nixon reference, by the way. always be shooting up. >> exactly. >> they're both going to need to do it but it won't matter that much but it is more dangerous for obama because his record matters more. chris: they should run on their records the thank you to the chris: they should run on their recor[ male announcer ]o the this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ [ mal
this week romney again said obama has failed as president. this week's big question -- for whom is it more dangerous to go totally negative? >> they're both doing it. chris: who is going to look worse doing it? >> i think it's not going to matter. chris: a wash? >> i agree. maybe a slighter bigger risk for obama because romney we've seen going negative already in the primary. it's worse for obama. i think he would be shooting down. chris: that's a nixon reference, by the way....
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sharply divide president obama and mitt romney. david ignatius, your criticism for mitt romney on syria, but no alternative idea? >> you're going to hear more criticism. i think syria is going to frame the basic foreign argument in this campaign. president obama will say i got us out of a war in iraq, getting us out of a war in afghanistan and not getting us into a new war in syria. mitt romney will say this style of leadership is walking away from american power. this is an american decline. you'll have a real discussion, a real debate on what american pour is all about. >> gloria, there is a divide in the republican party about how much american military power to use? >> there is john mccain and everybody else. >> pretty much. >> exactly. i think the issue will come up, of course, the election is about the economy, but they're going to say that president obama is soft on russia, soft on china. >> dan, very quickly, how much should syria be in the campaign and how much should it be? >> it should be in the campaign quite a lot. in
sharply divide president obama and mitt romney. david ignatius, your criticism for mitt romney on syria, but no alternative idea? >> you're going to hear more criticism. i think syria is going to frame the basic foreign argument in this campaign. president obama will say i got us out of a war in iraq, getting us out of a war in afghanistan and not getting us into a new war in syria. mitt romney will say this style of leadership is walking away from american power. this is an american...
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first up, two huge political explosions this week. mitt romney's enormous losses to rick santorum in three significant states, and that revolt by many catholics over the white house decision on birth control. first, romney's troubles. conservatives can't stanton barack obama, but when will they learn to stand romney prom? even after the white house handed them that huge contraceptives issue, republican voters stayed home in the three primary states this week. turn out was way down from 2008. but conservatives are the big prize. there are many more than before. they have gone from 29% of total voters in 2000 to 34% in 2004 and 2008. look at this. they now represent 39% of the people in the polls. the bad news for mitt romney, he is getting only 17% of conservatives, one in six. at the meeting in washington this week -- >> i am convinced if we do our job, if we lead with conviction and integrity, that history will record the obama presidency as the last gasp of liberalism's great failure. >> john, this losing 3-3, saying he might lose o
first up, two huge political explosions this week. mitt romney's enormous losses to rick santorum in three significant states, and that revolt by many catholics over the white house decision on birth control. first, romney's troubles. conservatives can't stanton barack obama, but when will they learn to stand romney prom? even after the white house handed them that huge contraceptives issue, republican voters stayed home in the three primary states this week. turn out was way down from 2008....
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he ran as an outsider now obama said something this week so now romney runs as the insider. he has been reactive to almost everything the president has done, and it has been noticed when you don't have a rudder the winds push you back and forth, much easier and i think people are looking at romney the way they looked at john mccain four years ago when the financial collapse happened and they don't see a steady hand. they see the guy who knows what he wants to do as president and i don't know if that can really be changed that much at this point. he is lucky it is still close, which may be david -- >> i will tell you why because he has an authenticity program they should run an hour ad and run the whole video that is mitt romney the whole guy he is fluent and articulate and shows what he believes he is not optimistic about a lot of things and connects better in that video talking to those fund raisers than on the stumps. >> to the millionaires. >> schieffer: i have to break here, and take a look commercial break. back in one minute. don't go away. areas are reportg their best
he ran as an outsider now obama said something this week so now romney runs as the insider. he has been reactive to almost everything the president has done, and it has been noticed when you don't have a rudder the winds push you back and forth, much easier and i think people are looking at romney the way they looked at john mccain four years ago when the financial collapse happened and they don't see a steady hand. they see the guy who knows what he wants to do as president and i don't know if...
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the bait in three weeks. will he do it? barack obama calls on bill clinton to help his failing campaign. [ clinton ] it's about which candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. [ male announcer ] he's a good soldier, helping his party's president. but what did bill clinton say about barack obama in 2008? give me a break. this whole thing is the biggest fairytale i have ever seen. [ male announcer ] 23 million americans struggling for work. a middle class falling further behind. give me a break. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. rd.omney ] i'm mitt romney it's ended friendships, started wars and provokes prejudice every day. don't assume anything. get to know people who aren't like you. we're stronger together the more you know. chris: welcome back. politico employee -- political pros think mitt romney has one big shot at winning this thing, the first debate with president obama. this week's big question, will romney win that big debate? >> i have no idea. it's the single mo
the bait in three weeks. will he do it? barack obama calls on bill clinton to help his failing campaign. [ clinton ] it's about which candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. [ male announcer ] he's a good soldier, helping his party's president. but what did bill clinton say about barack obama in 2008? give me a break. this whole thing is the biggest fairytale i have ever seen. [ male announcer ] 23 million americans struggling for work. a middle class falling further behind....
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chris: in the obama-romney sports face-off this week, it is getting a little silly. romney looked a little too sport at the nascar daytona 500. he doesn't follow nascar but knows a lot of team owners. obama used an espn interview to advantage for him and give him a chance of hosting nba all-stars like chris paul at the white house. >> for my 49th birthday, i had my own little all-star game here. >> i heard about that. i wasn't invited. >> you weren't, maybe next time. chris was one of the guys who played. i did a little crossover on him. he claims that he could have stolen the ball. everybody who was there knows that's not true. chris: so obama won the sports face-off, but then there are the late night shows, those appearances are designed to make serious guys seem normal, even funny. but are tough to do well, of course. four years ago obama tried his hand at david letterman's top 10. >> number eight. >> appoint mitt romney as secretary of looking good. >> yes, sir. wow. chris: then a year ago it was mitt romney's turn and it was this funny coincidence. >> i'm the gu
chris: in the obama-romney sports face-off this week, it is getting a little silly. romney looked a little too sport at the nascar daytona 500. he doesn't follow nascar but knows a lot of team owners. obama used an espn interview to advantage for him and give him a chance of hosting nba all-stars like chris paul at the white house. >> for my 49th birthday, i had my own little all-star game here. >> i heard about that. i wasn't invited. >> you weren't, maybe next time. chris...
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all the other things that happened that were bad for obama in the past two weeks wouldn't have been a bad deal if the jobs reports had been great. chris: given all the bad jobs reports, given the fact that e buster: could easily lose this thing, will he up his game? >> i think so. chris: will he bring in new people? listen to carville and other outsiders? >> i think knowing what i know of his history, he knows how to meet challenges and he's going to have to meet this one. one of the things he's going to have to do is explain not everything's been perfect and one of barack obama's problems is his refusal to admit error and he's going to have to and he's going to have to draw on the ability to convince people of his leadership that he managed to do in 2008. he's going to have to try to do it again. will he succeed? i'm not sure but i see him improving his performance between now and the end because he's facing the possibility of defeat. this is a proud guy who has been very determined in his life and he's not going to go quietly. chris: when we come back, scoops a that fridge in your k
all the other things that happened that were bad for obama in the past two weeks wouldn't have been a bad deal if the jobs reports had been great. chris: given all the bad jobs reports, given the fact that e buster: could easily lose this thing, will he up his game? >> i think so. chris: will he bring in new people? listen to carville and other outsiders? >> i think knowing what i know of his history, he knows how to meet challenges and he's going to have to meet this one. one of...
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this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the successful raid in the killing of osama bin laden. >>> later, general election preview. on a lighter note, "saturday night live" style. it's all coming up. >>> "meet the press" is sponsored by ge. >>> "meet the press" is [ scott ] i grew up playing with little toy trains and now i build them. i am a bigger is better kind of guy. i absolutely love building locomotives. i knew i wanted to design locomotives from when i was very young. [ jahmil ] from the outside it looks like such a simple device. when you actually get down into the bare bones of it, there's so much technology that's submerged. [ rob ] my welds are a signature, i could tell my welds apart from anybody's. you lay down that nice bead and you look at it, i love it. they don't go together by themselves. there ara lot of little parts, and everyone has their job. [ scott ] i'd love to see it out there on the open tracks. and when i see it, i'm gonna know that i helped build that thing. [ train whistle blows ] here she comes! [ bell clanging ] [ train whistle blows ] wow! [ ch
this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the successful raid in the killing of osama bin laden. >>> later, general election preview. on a lighter note, "saturday night live" style. it's all coming up. >>> "meet the press" is sponsored by ge. >>> "meet the press" is [ scott ] i grew up playing with little toy trains and now i build them. i am a bigger is better kind of guy. i absolutely love building locomotives. i knew i wanted to...
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done in his life, he's riz ton incredible leadership and part of the mitt romney story this week is telling the story about a guy who got involved in his church, became the leader of his church. got involved in the olympics and ended up running the olympics and saving the olympics. he got involved in politics in massachusetts and ended up being the governor of massachusetts. and think flourished. and i think the idea of putting a person in office who has proven an ability to make promises and keep promises is something i think that is very important in this debate. i've said and it's not just a line, i reilil really believe t that barack obama is not real any more to the american people. it's a terrible place for him to be. because part of the thrust of obama in 2008 is that here was this person, i know people say it, but here's a guy whose entire brand was bringing the country together and being different. >> part of my conversation with republican party chair, reince preibus and john sununu. >> it sarts with the president, you don't get bipartisanship oozing up. it has to start at
done in his life, he's riz ton incredible leadership and part of the mitt romney story this week is telling the story about a guy who got involved in his church, became the leader of his church. got involved in the olympics and ended up running the olympics and saving the olympics. he got involved in politics in massachusetts and ended up being the governor of massachusetts. and think flourished. and i think the idea of putting a person in office who has proven an ability to make promises and...
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. >> president obama promised he would stop these practices. he said he'd go to the mat with china. instead, they're treating him like a door mat. >> reporter: now, paul ryan has crisscrossed america this week visiting battleground states he and governor romney hope to win in november. tomorrow he is back in virginia and on saturday, brian, florida. >>> ron mott starting us off in ohio tonight. ron, thanks. >>> from the world of presidential politics, today our country quietly reached and passed a new threshold. as of today according to the analysis of our own nbc news political unit, spending on 2012 presidential radio and tv ads has now surpassed the $500 million mark with $37 million spent just this week so far the grand total is now $512 million. that's about as much as was spent in the entire '08 campaign and it's not even labor day yet. by and large this money goes to tv stations and networks but we thought we'd take a look at what else that much money could buy. for starters, $500 million could feed 9.2 million malnourished children for 50 days. it could immunize 29 million c
. >> president obama promised he would stop these practices. he said he'd go to the mat with china. instead, they're treating him like a door mat. >> reporter: now, paul ryan has crisscrossed america this week visiting battleground states he and governor romney hope to win in november. tomorrow he is back in virginia and on saturday, brian, florida. >>> ron mott starting us off in ohio tonight. ron, thanks. >>> from the world of presidential politics, today our...
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still, this convention week could be romney's big moment to reshape the race. >> i believe if we get off the track that president obama's put us on, you're going to see america's economy come roaring back. >> the romney roll-out is our big focus today. how will he try to rebrand himself, and even his party, after distractions like congressman akin and the abortion fight? >>> as well as his own fumbles, like friday's joke aimed at the president. >> no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate. they know that this is the place that we were born and raised. >> this morning, my exclusive interview with a commanding figure in the gop -- a man many hope would seek the presidency himself. former florida governor jeb bush. >>> also, we'll turn to the party's nominee four years ago, senator john mccain, to weigh in on this state of the party romney now leads. >>> finally, insights from our political roundtable on the job ahead here in tampa for romney. >>> plus, the fight for women voters, and the issues, like the debt and immigration, that will occupy the fall. joining me, florida congres
still, this convention week could be romney's big moment to reshape the race. >> i believe if we get off the track that president obama's put us on, you're going to see america's economy come roaring back. >> the romney roll-out is our big focus today. how will he try to rebrand himself, and even his party, after distractions like congressman akin and the abortion fight? >>> as well as his own fumbles, like friday's joke aimed at the president. >> no one's ever asked...
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president clinton reminds people of obama's decision to hunt down osama bin laden one year ago this week. >> he took the harder and more honorable path. >> reporter: obama's campaign questions whether romney would have done the same, and romney supporters are calling that a cheap shot. >> i think most of america will see it as a sign of a desperate campaign. >> reporter: republicans are attacking obama's star power and his substance. the gloves coming off as the 2012 presidential race gets serious. the romney campaign now says president obama saved general motors using a plan first suggested by romney. on capitol hill, brian moore, news4. >> mitt romney wasn't the only one making it into the president's speech last night. he also took aim at newt gingrich, congress, and the secret service. >> and just to set the record straight, i really do enjoy attending these dinners. in fact, i had a lot more material prepared, but i have to get the secret service home in time for their new curfew. >> last night's dinner drew all the media, political bigwigs you would expect along with some hollywood
president clinton reminds people of obama's decision to hunt down osama bin laden one year ago this week. >> he took the harder and more honorable path. >> reporter: obama's campaign questions whether romney would have done the same, and romney supporters are calling that a cheap shot. >> i think most of america will see it as a sign of a desperate campaign. >> reporter: republicans are attacking obama's star power and his substance. the gloves coming off as the 2012...
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i think -- advantage obama there. >> i think this process is good. i'm not nervous about this process right now. i said this last week. it's more like the super bowl leading up to the super bowl. you had two great teams. six months ago neither one of them would have been prepared for the super bowl. both were able to -- the giants, patriots, they were able to build on their strengths to mitigate their weaknesses. that's what's happening in this process. if mitt romney were to be the nominee and i think that's less certain this week than it was last week, he's going to have to work on his weaknesses and the fact that newt gingrich and rick santorum are pressing in on him is only going to make him a better candidate and vice versa. >> before we're done. proposition 8 and issue of gay marriage. washington legislature passed a
i think -- advantage obama there. >> i think this process is good. i'm not nervous about this process right now. i said this last week. it's more like the super bowl leading up to the super bowl. you had two great teams. six months ago neither one of them would have been prepared for the super bowl. both were able to -- the giants, patriots, they were able to build on their strengths to mitigate their weaknesses. that's what's happening in this process. if mitt romney were to be the...
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president obama will visit many states including virginia this week. >> the commonwealth is just one of the handful of states that are a toss up. earlier this morning, david gregory joined us and said you can expect to see more of those visits in the coming weeks. >> this really becomes the fight down the stretch here in some of these key states like our own he in virginia where the obama campaign believes women voter wills be critical in their turn out to win the state of virginia. >> and you can hear more about the campaign just ahead on meet the press. david will be joined by rob portman and marco rubio, and david actixlerod. >> tomorrow the candidates will likely discuss u.s. relations with iran. the white house denies a report for an agreement on the first ever talks. the u.s. and iran agreed in principal to negotiate, but they insist the talks will be after the election. but the national social security council says it's not true. >> closer to home, marylander will decide on two controversial ballot questions in the upcoming election. one will allow ga marriage, the other allow
president obama will visit many states including virginia this week. >> the commonwealth is just one of the handful of states that are a toss up. earlier this morning, david gregory joined us and said you can expect to see more of those visits in the coming weeks. >> this really becomes the fight down the stretch here in some of these key states like our own he in virginia where the obama campaign believes women voter wills be critical in their turn out to win the state of virginia....
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is that what this week proves? because the obama team is going to be very aggressive. they learned from bush '04 they're going to run that hard-core contrast election. >> when it came to our convention this week what we were actually looking for is that jack kemp speech. you know, somebody to actually say look, i have looked at the problems. here's some solutions i can agree on. this is how we're going to deal with the credit crunch facing small businesses. this is how we're going to actually break open contracting as a policy for small businesses to create jobs. you can do all this as a republican. you can do all this as a bain capital guy but you've got to bring some specifics, talk one, two, three, you've got to make the 99% actually feel like you think about their problems and have real solutions that will help fix it. >> well i think the practical political problem this has, you could have been frozen in ice in the north pole five years ago and they saw you out, what do you think romney's senses are? you've got to deal with bain. it's not like this wasn't coming.
is that what this week proves? because the obama team is going to be very aggressive. they learned from bush '04 they're going to run that hard-core contrast election. >> when it came to our convention this week what we were actually looking for is that jack kemp speech. you know, somebody to actually say look, i have looked at the problems. here's some solutions i can agree on. this is how we're going to deal with the credit crunch facing small businesses. this is how we're going to...
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we'll talk to him about that. >>> big week in politics. it was romney this week claiming victory. his speech was significant. that's where i want to start. robert gibbs, senior adviser to president obama's campaign. ed gallespie, senior adviser to governor romney's campaign. let me start with the romney campaign. you are no stranger to presidenti presidential politics. former head of the party. counselor to president bush. a senior adviser to mitt romney in a new role. as you settle in, here is the obama campaign going on the offensive. i mentioned bill laden. one year later. they are using that issue against governor romney. here was the vice president on thursday. >> thanks to president obama, bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. you have to ask yourself, had governor romney been president, could he have used the same slogan in reverse? >> the argument's clear. governor romney would not have made killing bin laden a priority. >> this is one of the reasons president obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in american history. he's managed to turn it into a
we'll talk to him about that. >>> big week in politics. it was romney this week claiming victory. his speech was significant. that's where i want to start. robert gibbs, senior adviser to president obama's campaign. ed gallespie, senior adviser to governor romney's campaign. let me start with the romney campaign. you are no stranger to presidenti presidential politics. former head of the party. counselor to president bush. a senior adviser to mitt romney in a new role. as you settle...
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these new numbers come after a rough week for the obama administration. gop leaders slammed him for saying the private sector is doing even. there were national security leaks that showed he has a terrorist kill list and that the white house was trying to commit cyberattacks on iran. >>> virginia's republican and democratic primaries are in just a couple of days. it appears the race is already set for november. former senator george allen seems posed to clinch the gop nomination dominating his rivals by double digits. for the democrats, former governor tim kaine running unopposed. >> also on tuesday, the voters in arizona head to the polls in a special election to fill the vacancy of former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she campaigned for her former district aide, ron barber. barber faces republican jess i can kelly. whip winner will complete gifford's term. she was shot in the head at a congressional event last year. >>> former candidate for d.r. mayor celebrating the resignation of a d.c. council chairman cal kwame brown. the former chairman, a croo
these new numbers come after a rough week for the obama administration. gop leaders slammed him for saying the private sector is doing even. there were national security leaks that showed he has a terrorist kill list and that the white house was trying to commit cyberattacks on iran. >>> virginia's republican and democratic primaries are in just a couple of days. it appears the race is already set for november. former senator george allen seems posed to clinch the gop nomination...
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chris: i talked to david on hardball this week and he believes an ultimate victory for president obama, but says it won't be pretty. >> we are prepared for a tough, close race. 47% voted against us in 2008 when we won a massive victory. so we have the wind at our back then. we don't have the wind at our back now. >> this isn't going to be easy. >> it's not going to be easy but the obama campaign is itching to get at the campaign. i think they wanted to release this movie in the midst of the toughest part of the republican primary season to make the contrast. they've already been making it in places like ohio. the president and his people think they have enough good things to talk about, whether it's the recovery of the auto industry, the steady addition of job. they're creating jobs that they can create a narrative. david axelrod is all about the narrative. this is going to be a journey. we've come from a bad place to a halfway decent place. stick with us because we're going to get to a good place. chris: he's saying we've got a record, the auto industry, with the economy coming back,
chris: i talked to david on hardball this week and he believes an ultimate victory for president obama, but says it won't be pretty. >> we are prepared for a tough, close race. 47% voted against us in 2008 when we won a massive victory. so we have the wind at our back then. we don't have the wind at our back now. >> this isn't going to be easy. >> it's not going to be easy but the obama campaign is itching to get at the campaign. i think they wanted to release this movie in...
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the problem that also applies to barack obama. >> -- this week though, potentially? >> potentially. >> -- is not going to be silent, also. >> -- take that on. because this is a big issue about whether president obama has measured up as a leader. i mean, there's real fears of national decline, a sense of the country's on the wrong track. this is a campaign about big things ultimately for voters. >> and the president is trying to respond to that. he's actually doing a video message to all of the democratic caucusgoers. he wants to be present in some fashion, so he is going to have democratic caucusing with presidential message by video. but the point is that he has not yet found a way. he has not found his voice. and they say that "the new york times" story is overwritten that he's running against congress. that has worked for him in the payroll tax fight but he still has to find that message for the state of the union, for whatever his next platform is going to be. that is obviously the next one. to tell people how the country can be better at a time where his only ec
the problem that also applies to barack obama. >> -- this week though, potentially? >> potentially. >> -- is not going to be silent, also. >> -- take that on. because this is a big issue about whether president obama has measured up as a leader. i mean, there's real fears of national decline, a sense of the country's on the wrong track. this is a campaign about big things ultimately for voters. >> and the president is trying to respond to that. he's actually doing...
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. >>> later this week first lady michelle obama will meet with family members affected by that sikh temple shooting. a gunman stormed a sunday service earlier in month and killed six people including a police officer, then killed himself. the first lady will meet with immediate family members of those killed and injured. shortly after the shooting president obama called the shooting senseless. the white house says the first lady's visit is part of the administration's outreach to the sikh community. >>> right now in decision 2012, republican presidential candidate mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan are holding a town hall in new hampshire at this hour. the joint appearance comes one week before the republican national convention. they have campaigned separately since romney announced ryan as his vp pick two weeks ago in virginia. >>> two members of the gop are under fire today. the romney/ryan ticket is distancing itself from a missouri congressman and his comments to a st. louis tv station. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female bodies has to way to try and shut that whole thing
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president obama pleaded for respect this week. >> i have to say that sometimes we talk about respect, but we don't act with respect toward each other during the course of these debates. >> polls showed 96% of republican voters say they have negative feelings about the president as a person, has a human being. that animosity may be hard to republican candidates to control. take a look at the difference how between how john mccain handled it four years ago and what rick santorum did or didn't do two weeks ago in south carolina. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him. he is an eric snow. >> no, ma'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am. he is a dessert family man, citizen. >> he is a devout muslim. my question is why isn't something being done to get him out of the government? he has no legal right to be calling himself president. >> well, i am doing my best to try to get him out of there. >> there he is cheering it on instead of stopping. she made two inaccurate statements. no right to be president? even a muslim has a right to be president, and he let it go. >> you are going to see more of tha
president obama pleaded for respect this week. >> i have to say that sometimes we talk about respect, but we don't act with respect toward each other during the course of these debates. >> polls showed 96% of republican voters say they have negative feelings about the president as a person, has a human being. that animosity may be hard to republican candidates to control. take a look at the difference how between how john mccain handled it four years ago and what rick santorum did...
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one of the judges took issue with some of what president obama said this week at the white house about the big health care case in the hands of the supreme court. our justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> the political controversy spilled into a texas federal court where the rules are designed to filter out politics, interrupting arguments about a challenge to part of the obama health care law. jerry smith, an appeals court judge, put a justice department lawyer on the spot yesterday about a common earlier this week from president obama. >> i'm referring to statements by the president in the past few days the effect, and i'm sure you have heard about them, that it is somehow inappropriate for what he terms unelected judges to strike acts of congress. >> on monday, asked about predictions that the supreme court might strike down the health care law, the president used terms normally invoiked by conservatives to attack decisions they don't like. >> for years, we heard the biggest problem on the bench is judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint. an unelected group of p
one of the judges took issue with some of what president obama said this week at the white house about the big health care case in the hands of the supreme court. our justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> the political controversy spilled into a texas federal court where the rules are designed to filter out politics, interrupting arguments about a challenge to part of the obama health care law. jerry smith, an appeals court judge, put a justice department lawyer on the spot...
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] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> with halloween two weeks away, you may be looking for a costume for your kids and don't forget about yourself. federal agents are hard at work to keep dangerous costumes out of stores. they seized and destroyed a shipment of children's pirate costumes from china to a distib ewe tor in washington. they found high levels of led in the costume and eye patch. they used a handheld device to screen products at a warehouse. >> it goes over the child's eye. 4,243 parts per million. >> that's more than 40 times the level deemed acceptable in the united states. there may be no way to assure the costume you buy is toxin free, but you can check the consumer product safety commission website for warnings and recalls. >> we have a recall warning for pet owners. nature's recipe is launching a recall on dog treats because of salmonella. their oven baked biscuits with real chicken. the treats were sold nationwide to a pet supply store. if you have these treats, throw them away and contact nature's recipe. we have more information on our website just
] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> with halloween two weeks away, you may be looking for a costume for your kids and don't forget about yourself. federal agents are hard at work to keep dangerous costumes out of stores. they seized and destroyed a shipment of children's pirate costumes from china to a distib ewe tor in washington. they found high levels of led in the costume and eye patch. they used a handheld device to screen products at a warehouse. >> it goes...
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a miniheat wave setting up this week. >>> president obama is in mexico for the g-20 summit. he wrapped up a meeting with russian president vladimir putin after they said they would continue to try to work through their differences. one key area of disagreement is syria. both leaders want to prevent civil war, russia has close ties with assad. to gain cooperation, president obama promised to work with congress to lift trade restriction that is have been in place since the soviet era. >>> most d.c. residents are eligible for jury duty. the city's mayor is no exception. tom sherwood reports how the mayor spent the day fulfilling his civic duty. >> reporter: he's heading to china on a mission. first, he spent monday morning on jury duty. >> it is a civic duty. one would hope the people would understand the importance of it. >> do they call you mayor or not say that word? >> they didn't say anything. i was a citizen like everybody else. i like that. >> reporter: many in the group were dismissed without a trial, it's something of a trial to get citizens to show up. >> if you don't
a miniheat wave setting up this week. >>> president obama is in mexico for the g-20 summit. he wrapped up a meeting with russian president vladimir putin after they said they would continue to try to work through their differences. one key area of disagreement is syria. both leaders want to prevent civil war, russia has close ties with assad. to gain cooperation, president obama promised to work with congress to lift trade restriction that is have been in place since the soviet era....
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obama's difficult few weeks have his supporters increasingly worried about how he talks about the economy. >> who did not vote for obama? >> reporter: democratic pollster peter hart found in a recent focus group that the president has a lot more work to do with swing voters and former supporters. >> democrats are feeling uncertain because they don't like mitt romney, but they can't see what the vision, what the direction is for barack obama. >> reporter: mindful of this the president seemed to take pains today to talk to these skeptical swing voters. >> if you want to give the policies of the last decade another try then you should vote for mr. romney. >> reporter: while the president didn't stay in ohio long, he's already in new york city for both official and campaign business. on the official schedule is a ceremony at ground zero. on the campaign schedule, two star-studded events, fundraisers featuring sarah jessica parker and mariah carey. >>> speaking of the economy a big concern in america is the financial crisis in europe because it could have a huge impact here. there are election
obama's difficult few weeks have his supporters increasingly worried about how he talks about the economy. >> who did not vote for obama? >> reporter: democratic pollster peter hart found in a recent focus group that the president has a lot more work to do with swing voters and former supporters. >> democrats are feeling uncertain because they don't like mitt romney, but they can't see what the vision, what the direction is for barack obama. >> reporter: mindful of this...
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when you look at -- i was traveling this past week with president obama throughout the west coast, and if i had a dollar for every time he said some have said let detroit go bankrupt, it's like as if the white house is trying to put their finger to make sure that mitt romney loses in michigan, because he is the one that president obama at the end of the day most does not want to run against. he thinks he could crush santorum or gingrich, and he thinks he could beat romney, but he thinks he would crush the other two. >> if you look at the calendar and the way the republican party has changed the way delegates are selected this year, the earliest mitt romney could nail the amount needed to go into the convention would be june 5th or 26th, and the "wall street journal" added it up yesterday, and it would be the end of june if he wins every single race with 49% of the vote from now through june, and he could not nail it until the end of june. we will be in the mold for quite sometime. >> i think that piece was misleading. if he wins michigan and ohio he wins most of super tuesday, and he i
when you look at -- i was traveling this past week with president obama throughout the west coast, and if i had a dollar for every time he said some have said let detroit go bankrupt, it's like as if the white house is trying to put their finger to make sure that mitt romney loses in michigan, because he is the one that president obama at the end of the day most does not want to run against. he thinks he could crush santorum or gingrich, and he thinks he could beat romney, but he thinks he...
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>>> i'm david gregory and this is press pass, this week presidential debates don't officially start until october. we thought we would give you the next best thing, obama and romney saturday night live style as we go behind the scenes with the men who play them on "saturday night live" here in the sln studio in new york. thanks for having us here and bringing out the best furniture. >> absolutely, this is from home. >> look where we are, this to me is cool because i'm a washington guy, a place of great style and substance, to be in a show biz mecca is aexciting. >> a warehouse of jokes and laughs, not bad, right? >> let's talk politics here. obama and romney. jason, let me start with you. this is -- >> hm. >> get to argue his point. >> that's not this show. >> i get the last word on it. >> is there any better fodder than politics? do you enjoy it? >> it is interesting. i would see kmun indicately, like everything is paying attention to the same thing so it feels like you're making inside jokes or things that are on the tip of their tongue or mind that we get to portray as the people. i wo
>>> i'm david gregory and this is press pass, this week presidential debates don't officially start until october. we thought we would give you the next best thing, obama and romney saturday night live style as we go behind the scenes with the men who play them on "saturday night live" here in the sln studio in new york. thanks for having us here and bringing out the best furniture. >> absolutely, this is from home. >> look where we are, this to me is cool because...
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obama still holds a strong lead. during an interview ann romney repeated the case she made for her husband last week at the republican convention. >> i really hope that americans and virginians in particular have a really serious thought and say, you know he's very competent, he's a good person, he's done a lot of turnarounds, let's give him the keys to the car and see if he can't get the car running. >> behalf attacks i'm not surprised at all, but it's part of who mitt is, not to be able to talk about the piece he does -- he does these things, but guess what? he doesn't talk about these things. that's not who he is, so that'sic my job. >> reporter: the supporters see ann romney as an important campaign asset. >> she fits in perfectly. she supports her husband. he reps to me what i am. >> she's a mom. she seems real, and same values we have, you know, as americans, being a stay-at-home mom, knowing the important of family first. >> reporter: this is likely one of many trips for ann romney to virginia. tomorrow anothe
obama still holds a strong lead. during an interview ann romney repeated the case she made for her husband last week at the republican convention. >> i really hope that americans and virginians in particular have a really serious thought and say, you know he's very competent, he's a good person, he's done a lot of turnarounds, let's give him the keys to the car and see if he can't get the car running. >> behalf attacks i'm not surprised at all, but it's part of who mitt is, not to...
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good morning. >> coming up on a saturday morning here on "today," president obama's rough week from firestorm over his comments at the private sector is doing "fine" to a new investigation about possible security leaks within the administration. we'll look at the challenges facing his re-election effort. >>> also ahead, the latest on a canadian porn actor charged in a gruesome murder and dismemberment case. law enforcement on this side of the border want to know if he could be responsible for cold cases in the u.s. >>> a bummer at the belmont. i'll have another dropping out of the race for the triple crown and retiring from racing. the inside story of what happened. >>> the duchess of cambridge is one of the most fashion forward conscious in the world so why are critics focusing on her shoes? >> angie has been eyeing those shoes for a while. >> i want to know why they are focusing on their shoes. isn't it all about the queen? >> i'll tell you why they focus on the shoes. it's because they say she's been wearing the same ones. i don't know why that's a big foe p faux pas. i do that too. >> i'v
good morning. >> coming up on a saturday morning here on "today," president obama's rough week from firestorm over his comments at the private sector is doing "fine" to a new investigation about possible security leaks within the administration. we'll look at the challenges facing his re-election effort. >>> also ahead, the latest on a canadian porn actor charged in a gruesome murder and dismemberment case. law enforcement on this side of the border want to...
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president obama continues to claim he's not yet fully in campaign mode, but this week he jabbed repeatedly and methodically at republican front-runner mitt romney without ever mentioning his name. this morning at the nonpartisan and usually nonpolitical national prayer breakfast, it appeared the president was stoking the firestorm ignited yesterday by some inartful comments from romney. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. >> requiring much from those who have been given so much, living by the principle that we are our brother's keeper, caring for the poor and those in need. >> reporter: two days ago during an unannounced stop at the washington auto show, the president rebutted romney's 2008 "new york times" op-ed titled, "let detroit go bankrupt," which romney argued against a government rescue. >> there are some folks willing to let this industry die. because of some folks coming together, we are now back in a place where we can compete with any car company in the world. >> reporter: then yesterday, the president again turned romney's words against him, t
president obama continues to claim he's not yet fully in campaign mode, but this week he jabbed repeatedly and methodically at republican front-runner mitt romney without ever mentioning his name. this morning at the nonpartisan and usually nonpolitical national prayer breakfast, it appeared the president was stoking the firestorm ignited yesterday by some inartful comments from romney. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. >> requiring much from...
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and i think the reason obama has never been able to pull away, even when romney had two pretty bad weeks, is that in the end there's this rubber band effect that they go, well, i'd almost like to give him another shot, but this is really frightening and really painful. >> well, nobody is ever going to pull away in this political system. so that's never going to happen. we always -- >> no, i disagree. i think he could have. if there was a moment to pull away, and the only thing that snaps it back is this feeling of things aren't -- >> the race was always going to be close. i don't think anybody would deny that. but let's be clear. let's look at where we've come. 800,000 jobs were being lost the first time the president read the unemployment report. i know these are just statistics for people in washington. that's real lives in america. 31 consecutive months of positive job growth. are we growing as fast as we'd like to? no. but it takes a long time to dig out of this avalanche of tremendously bad decisions that preceded the obama presidency. and let's understand this. one thing they saw i
and i think the reason obama has never been able to pull away, even when romney had two pretty bad weeks, is that in the end there's this rubber band effect that they go, well, i'd almost like to give him another shot, but this is really frightening and really painful. >> well, nobody is ever going to pull away in this political system. so that's never going to happen. we always -- >> no, i disagree. i think he could have. if there was a moment to pull away, and the only thing that...
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i think it's going to be a lively week. one of the most important weeks in the history of the gop because i think nominating somebody who is essentially a massachusetts moderate makes it much harder to defeat president obama, and nominating somebody who is a reagan conservative makes it easier to defeat president obama. >> this has been your charge, and you think about lively, and i think about the debate last sunday which was fairly lively between all of you, and this is the charges you made against romney. let me play it. >> i think a bold reagan conservative with a very strong economic plan is a lot more likely to succeed in that campaign than a relatively timid massachusetts moderate. >> this is your flyer you are circulating, and it says clearly romney is not electable. >> i think he will have a hard time getting elected. >> and these were some of the exit polling, 42% of conservatives voted for romney, and only 14% for you, and then how about this from the exit poll, among those satisfied or dissatisfied, 63% said the
i think it's going to be a lively week. one of the most important weeks in the history of the gop because i think nominating somebody who is essentially a massachusetts moderate makes it much harder to defeat president obama, and nominating somebody who is a reagan conservative makes it easier to defeat president obama. >> this has been your charge, and you think about lively, and i think about the debate last sunday which was fairly lively between all of you, and this is the charges you...
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the debates in the closing weeks of this campaign. the economy. the looming fiscal crisis by year's end. and the debt fight. with the big entitlement programs center stage. >>> they were the backdrop of a feisty debate between the v.p. candidates thursday. >> nobody -- >> mr. vice president -- >> no, you -- >> mr. vice president, i know you're under a lot of duress to make up ground, but i think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other. >>> what did swing voters think of the face-off? can the president channel the aggressiveness of his running mate. >> and what about the escalating battle over the obama administration handling of the 9/11 attack in libya? >> when the vice president of the united states directly contradicts the testimony, sworn testimony, of state department officials, american citizens have a right to know just what's going on. and we're going to find out. >> we cover it all this morning with our own debate. joining the conversation, virginia's republican governor bob mcdonnell. former de
the debates in the closing weeks of this campaign. the economy. the looming fiscal crisis by year's end. and the debt fight. with the big entitlement programs center stage. >>> they were the backdrop of a feisty debate between the v.p. candidates thursday. >> nobody -- >> mr. vice president -- >> no, you -- >> mr. vice president, i know you're under a lot of duress to make up ground, but i think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each...
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what kind of week did president obama have in unveiling his campaign strategy? >> well, a good week. the more course the language between the republicans the more they lose as a brand for the party. it's the worst that i have seen in a while. it is. not as bad as van buren, they have not descended to that. sarah palin is an issue that goes to hearts. and the idea that brought immigrants to the shore, if you worked hard you could have a decent life and move up, people sense that that has been lost, and he said that's what he is going to fight for, fairness, because the system is rigged against ordinary people. >> joe, you talk about this all the time on "morning joe," the problems are so monumental, the politics seem small. is it a fair knock to say the american people are going to have to do with a lot less if we are going to get ourselves back on good financial footing? >> and this was bill clinton's 1996-1997 speech, and it's a great campaign speech. it's not a great governoring document. this is sort of depressing. if you look at the politics on both sides, r
what kind of week did president obama have in unveiling his campaign strategy? >> well, a good week. the more course the language between the republicans the more they lose as a brand for the party. it's the worst that i have seen in a while. it is. not as bad as van buren, they have not descended to that. sarah palin is an issue that goes to hearts. and the idea that brought immigrants to the shore, if you worked hard you could have a decent life and move up, people sense that that has...
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this week we learn the obama team is short of cash. they're struggling to become competitive with the republican attack machine that's coming. here are just a few of the big money types fueling that anti-obama machine. david and charles koch. the koch brothers. with an oil fortune and lumber and paper. they pledged to raise and spend $200 million to beat barack obama. then there are the multimillionaire donors to karl rove's superpac. that graphic shows just three of the biggest. including bob perry, the guy whose son john kerry by funding the swift boat ads in 2004. andrea, this ability to raise enormous amounts of money, spend enormous amounts of money, put tv ads on and saturation level, just one or two issues affecting the candidate you don't like, it's new. >> ts new. it came not not just from sit sentence united -- citizens united but another case that expanded it. individuals could always spend unlmented amounts of money but now independent groups did without disclosure and no transpatterncy and it changed the climate. we saw wh
this week we learn the obama team is short of cash. they're struggling to become competitive with the republican attack machine that's coming. here are just a few of the big money types fueling that anti-obama machine. david and charles koch. the koch brothers. with an oil fortune and lumber and paper. they pledged to raise and spend $200 million to beat barack obama. then there are the multimillionaire donors to karl rove's superpac. that graphic shows just three of the biggest. including bob...
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in terms of tax policies, being like obama. so i don't want to have a processed campaign, i want to have an issue-oriented campaign, and when we can get those issues out in the open, we have done well. >> you say you don't want to have a process campaign. what you have been doing primarily is the fact that you have been out spent and governor romney has been incredibly negative. you have -- >> what i am doing, david -- >> you are making the contrast about issues. >> right, and other people think i did a good job at that. i want to focus on how big the change has to be in washington. i want to focus on the degree to which we need a tax policy that is aggressively projobs. you cited going into the show today unemployment dropped. it has dropped. you know why it has dropped? over 4% who would be unemployed quit looked for work. if we had the same participation rate several years ago, it would be at 12%. we need a much more aggressive tax policy. we need an american energy policy. look at what is happening in the middle east. we ar
in terms of tax policies, being like obama. so i don't want to have a processed campaign, i want to have an issue-oriented campaign, and when we can get those issues out in the open, we have done well. >> you say you don't want to have a process campaign. what you have been doing primarily is the fact that you have been out spent and governor romney has been incredibly negative. you have -- >> what i am doing, david -- >> you are making the contrast about issues. >>...
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the people in chicago, the obama campaign, they looked at that convention last week and they saw a pack of lies. that's what they feel is happening. they feel like the other side is not just fighting hard or even fighting dirty but is propagating systematically falsehoods that are objectively are not true. the fact checker on welfare, medicare, a lot of the things that paul ryan said, they want to fight that. they feel like they have to win some of those fights. they don't think the media is policing it anymore and no one is paying a price for lying. they want to try to impose a price on the romney campaign. that what you heard last week, it's just not so. that's going to be a big theme in charlotte. the other thing is they have to make sure, for mitt romney to win this election, he has to get a lot of people who voted foroohar barack obama last time to vote for him this time. he has to keep reminding people as joe said, but this over here is a bad future, a much worse future and people can't be trusted to tell the truth. >> it's a tricky sell. in the end in politics, emotion wins over
the people in chicago, the obama campaign, they looked at that convention last week and they saw a pack of lies. that's what they feel is happening. they feel like the other side is not just fighting hard or even fighting dirty but is propagating systematically falsehoods that are objectively are not true. the fact checker on welfare, medicare, a lot of the things that paul ryan said, they want to fight that. they feel like they have to win some of those fights. they don't think the media is...
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crews repairing damage from the storm last week. chris christie says he appreciates all that president obama has done in the weak of hurricane sandy, but he still voting for mitt romney. the new jersey governor says his compliments of the president's handling of the hurricane do not equal an endorsement for a second term. christie endorsed romney a year ago and raised a lot of money in campaign for him across the country. he says romney is the pebest person to get the american economy moving again. >> new york is preparing and generators on stand by in brooklyn. over the next day shipped out to the new york city board of elections. nearly 60 polling locations across the five boroughs had to close or be moved because of superstorm sandy. when we come right back, stay with news 4 and nbc washington.com for the latest on hurricane sandy's impact. and remember, you can help storm victims by going to redcross.org calling 1-800-helpnow. or text the word "red cross" to 90999 to make a $10 donation. >>> still to come tonight. a tragic accid
crews repairing damage from the storm last week. chris christie says he appreciates all that president obama has done in the weak of hurricane sandy, but he still voting for mitt romney. the new jersey governor says his compliments of the president's handling of the hurricane do not equal an endorsement for a second term. christie endorsed romney a year ago and raised a lot of money in campaign for him across the country. he says romney is the pebest person to get the american economy moving...
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obama has more than $88 million to spend in his campaign's final weeks while mr. romney has just over $50 million. >>> a plane carrying mitt romney's wife, ann, had to make an emergency landing in denver this afternoon. the fire department says there was a small fire in the cockpit and the plane ended up filling with smoke. this is from a photo campaign press secretary tweeted out. the plane landed safely, nobody was hurt and the romney's were able to speak shortly after that emergency landing. >>> mitt romney is releasing his 2011 tax return. figures show the republican presidential hopeful earned almost $13.7 million last year and paid more than $1.9 million in taxes. that is an effective tax rate of 14.1%. romney paid about $3 million in federal income tax in 2010. critics including president obama are urging romney for the last dozen years, but refusing to do so. >> romney held a campaign rally in las vegas. portraying himself as a candidate who champions the entrepreneur. and he attacked president obama as the candidate for big government. intrusive governmen
obama has more than $88 million to spend in his campaign's final weeks while mr. romney has just over $50 million. >>> a plane carrying mitt romney's wife, ann, had to make an emergency landing in denver this afternoon. the fire department says there was a small fire in the cockpit and the plane ended up filling with smoke. this is from a photo campaign press secretary tweeted out. the plane landed safely, nobody was hurt and the romney's were able to speak shortly after that emergency...
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that, of course, made closer after last week's debate. meanwhile, ohio's election chief, a republican, has asked the supreme court to reinstate a new law that cuts off the final three days of early voting. an appeals court blocks the law pushed through by state republicans. as romney continues to campaign in ohio, president obama is back in the white house this morning. nbc's tracie pots joins us now with all the latest from washington, tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. good morning, everyone. the president is closing the gap in a number of these battleground states and it continues to say the $5 trillion tax cut romney's proposing would add to the deficit and romney insists it is absolutely not true. >> if he says it's not true, then it's not true. okay. >> reporter: in battleground ohio, president obama insists mitt romney's tax cuts will add $5 trillion to the tax cuts. >> if it's true it's not going to add to the deficit, that leaves only one option. that's asking middle class families to foot the bill. >> the pre
that, of course, made closer after last week's debate. meanwhile, ohio's election chief, a republican, has asked the supreme court to reinstate a new law that cuts off the final three days of early voting. an appeals court blocks the law pushed through by state republicans. as romney continues to campaign in ohio, president obama is back in the white house this morning. nbc's tracie pots joins us now with all the latest from washington, tracie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning,...
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michelle obama will lead it off next week in charlotte for her husband. i happen to believe, and you know the kind of family in which i have been raised, i'm living with all women, and i have been witness to this both in my wife and my daughters and now my grand daughters, i think this is the century of women. i really do believe that. >> hooray! >> there's going to be more gains made by more women across every part of our lives. cultural, political, and economic. and i think that there is even among some republican women out there, that that party doesn't quite buy into that yet. i mean, there are extraordinary achievements made by nikki haley and condi rice and everyone else. but the real issue on this campaign, for women, will be will social issues, or economic issues, will one trump the other? because the social issues are very important to women. it's their bodies, their lives, they feel that it's not entirely embraced by the republican party. that's my own judgment. >> understanding, mr. speaker, the difference between todd akin talking about rape,
michelle obama will lead it off next week in charlotte for her husband. i happen to believe, and you know the kind of family in which i have been raised, i'm living with all women, and i have been witness to this both in my wife and my daughters and now my grand daughters, i think this is the century of women. i really do believe that. >> hooray! >> there's going to be more gains made by more women across every part of our lives. cultural, political, and economic. and i think that...
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what is new this week is that president obama and mitt romney are going at it over who is best qualified to deal with it. >> if your main argument is i know how to grow the economy is i know how to make a lot of money for investors, then you're missing what this job is about. >> the president's experience has been exclusively in politics and as a community organizer. both of those are fine areas of endeavor. right now we have an economy in trouble. chris: a new poll shows the country fears the problems are greater than the usual ups and downs of the business cycle. 2/3 say their children will not live as well as they have. looking inside those numbers. 72% of white women, a group that many believe is the most crucial swing group out there think their kids won't live as well. here is a romney ad by karl rove's superp.a. c. >> i always loved watching the kids play basketball. i still do, even though things have changed. it's funny, they can't find jobs to get their career started and i can't afford to retire and now we're all living together again. i supported president obama because he sp
what is new this week is that president obama and mitt romney are going at it over who is best qualified to deal with it. >> if your main argument is i know how to grow the economy is i know how to make a lot of money for investors, then you're missing what this job is about. >> the president's experience has been exclusively in politics and as a community organizer. both of those are fine areas of endeavor. right now we have an economy in trouble. chris: a new poll shows the...
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mitt romney's camp spent $20 million, this week alone, as compared to $11 million for the obama campaign. colorado, ohio, and iowa are also seeing a surge. >>> today the maryland senate will debate a bill to expand gam blinlg in the state. they vote in the favor of the bill yesterday which is a first day of a special legislative session. supporters want to build a casino in prince george's county and legalize table games in all casinos. it will generate millions of dollars for the state and create jobs. opponents say it will hurt business at other casinos. maryland voters will have to approve any gambling expansion. >>> the state senate will take up a legislation that would make all dog owners liable if their animals bite someone. they drafted the bill in response by a ruling by maryland's highest court. it put pit bulls are inherently dangerous. that makes pit bull owners liable even the first time their dogs bite someone. this bill would apply those strict standards to all dog owners. >>> a prince william county man facing charges in the death of his 4-year-old stepson. 27-year-old jas
mitt romney's camp spent $20 million, this week alone, as compared to $11 million for the obama campaign. colorado, ohio, and iowa are also seeing a surge. >>> today the maryland senate will debate a bill to expand gam blinlg in the state. they vote in the favor of the bill yesterday which is a first day of a special legislative session. supporters want to build a casino in prince george's county and legalize table games in all casinos. it will generate millions of dollars for the...
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police say they are investigating the incident. >>> in the week ahead, first lady michelle obama will travel to wisconsin to visit the victims of the sikh temple shooting. earlier this month a gunman killed six people attending sunday service and then killed himself. the first lady will meet with family members effected by the shooting. the white house says her visit is partly administration's outreach to the sikh community. >>> a d.c. shelter hoping to have several dogs rescued from a puppy mill ready for adoption in the very near future. the humane society removed them from a breeder in ohio. 19 chihuahuas and 4 shar peis were brought to the animal rescue league. most of the animals were kept in crank cages. aside from their health problems, many of the dogs also have social issues. >> because a lot of these dogs have never been on a leash before. never been walked. you know, they've never been socialized at all. so they will -- we will work with them. by the t. time we put them up for adoption, much easier to handle. >>> the dogs were moved to various locations around the region. t
police say they are investigating the incident. >>> in the week ahead, first lady michelle obama will travel to wisconsin to visit the victims of the sikh temple shooting. earlier this month a gunman killed six people attending sunday service and then killed himself. the first lady will meet with family members effected by the shooting. the white house says her visit is partly administration's outreach to the sikh community. >>> a d.c. shelter hoping to have several dogs...
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obama or mitt romney whether they prefer pepperoni or sausage on their pizza. critics said the stunt made light of the nation's political proce process. they said now they'll ask the customers rather than the candidates what topping they prefer. the contest winner will be second at random. >>> in upper montgomery county, officials are urging everyone to avoid the water there. because a toxic substance produced by blue/green algae has been found in the water. the substance can be dangerous and cause liver damage if ingested. montgomery county is asking people with pets to make sure their pets don't swim or drink the water. boating is still allowed at lake meadwood. >>> a mother faces a felony charge for allegedly losing track of her young son for half the weekend. detectives in prince william county say 41-year-old katrina washington mccullo regularly neglects her son. he didn't return home until a family member filed a missing child report yesterday. she's being held on a $2,500 bond. >>> a first look at a new link between the district and maryland. local leade
obama or mitt romney whether they prefer pepperoni or sausage on their pizza. critics said the stunt made light of the nation's political proce process. they said now they'll ask the customers rather than the candidates what topping they prefer. the contest winner will be second at random. >>> in upper montgomery county, officials are urging everyone to avoid the water there. because a toxic substance produced by blue/green algae has been found in the water. the substance can be...
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do you have a weird situation where president obama apologize to islamic extremist, while waging war against the catholic church, and ythat's something i don't find any reporter wants to talk about. you have a president -- if you want to have a dialogue about this david, let's set the record straight. barack obama, as a state senator, voted to allow doctors to kill babies if they survive t abortion. that's the most radical move made by a -- >> mr. speaker. >> wait a second. let me finish. >> they say they would have to give up every single hospital and every single university and college associated with the church, because he is asking them to violate their religious beliefs. if you want to debate over whether or not the president of the united states should be able to impose his views on a religious institution as to whether america is now a secular country, let's have that debate. >> do you think it was harmful that -- was it appropriate for him to apologize or do you think he's done damage to the debate you are now getting into? >> okay. i think it was appropriate for rush to apol
do you have a weird situation where president obama apologize to islamic extremist, while waging war against the catholic church, and ythat's something i don't find any reporter wants to talk about. you have a president -- if you want to have a dialogue about this david, let's set the record straight. barack obama, as a state senator, voted to allow doctors to kill babies if they survive t abortion. that's the most radical move made by a -- >> mr. speaker. >> wait a second. let me...